<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Hemiarthroplasty (HA) of the hip joint is a commonly used treatment method for displaced femoral neck fractures (FNF) in the elderly population. The revision rates following hemiarthroplasty for trauma are 4-24% (2), but there are few studies in the literature presenting bilateral complications of HA following FNF treatment. We present a 67-year-old female with migration and angular deformity of the left unipolar prosthesis followed by malposition and subluxation of the right unipolar prosthesis after sixteen months, which are not common complications and they are even less frequent to occur in one patient.</p></abstract>

Hemiarthroplasty (HA) of the hip joint is a commonly used treatment method for displaced femoral neck fractures (FNF) in the elderly population. The revision rates following hemiarthroplasty for trauma are 4-24% (2), but there are few studies in the literature presenting bilateral complications of HA following FNF treatment. We present a 67-year-old female with migration and angular deformity of the left unipolar prosthesis followed by malposition and subluxation of the right unipolar prosthesis after sixteen months, which are not common complications and they are even less frequent to occur in one patient.

Bilateral Complications of Hemiarthroplasty after Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Treatment

Acta Chirurgica Latviensis

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Hemiarthroplasty (HA) of the hip joint is a commonly used treatment method for displaced femoral neck fractures (FNF) in the elderly population. The revision...

Bilateral Complications of Hemiarthroplasty after Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Treatment

Published Online: Aug 22, 2017

Page range: 24 - 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/chilat-2017-0005

Keywords
femoral neck fracture, complications, hemiarthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty

© 2016 Latvian Surgeons’ Association, Latvian Paediatric Surgeon Association, Rīga Stradiņš University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Bilateral Complications of Hemiarthroplasty after Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture Treatment

Published Online: Aug 22, 2017

Page range: 24 - 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/chilat-2017-0005

Keywordsfemoral neck fracture, complications, hemiarthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty

© 2016 Latvian Surgeons’ Association, Latvian Paediatric Surgeon Association, Rīga Stradiņš University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
femoral neck fracture, complications, hemiarthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty